Jim Bono

Jim Bono was a waste collector from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Biography
Jim Bono was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to a working-class African-American family, and he worked as a garbageman alongside his best friend Troy Maxson, whom he had known since before he was married to Rose Lee. He was married to Lucille, and he would often spend time at his friend Troy's house, joking with him and his wife and drinking. In 1957, Bono attempted to convince Maxson to end his affair with Alberta, a Tallahassee woman, but to no avail, and Maxson died in 1963 after a life of bitterness, poverty, and drinking.